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  • From: Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>
  • To: David Kolinsky <yishalom AT sbcglobal.net>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] a mystery regarding gen14:24?
  • Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:07:37 +0200

On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 08:52:19PM -0700, David Kolinsky wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone is familiar with the following mystery:
>
> In Gen 14:24, Avram's associates are Eschol, Aner, and Mamre.
>
> However, in the Septuagint Aner is called "Aunan" and in the Samaritan text
> he is called Aniram.
>
> I have my own theory about what this is all about, but my questions are:
>
> 1 - are there other names for this character in other ancient sources

Peshitta and Targum (Onkelos) have both Ężaner.

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Petr Tomasek <http://www.etf.cuni.cz/~tomasek>
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